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X10/29/2015
Several new reviews have come out recently for Jeremy Beer's The Philanthropic Revolution. Read some excerpts below. MercatorNet: "Philanthropy: loving mankind or loving people?" In October 2011 dozens of homeless… READ MORE
07/09/2014
Penn Press authors are often in the news, making appearances, doing interviews, writing articles and essays, and being tapped as expert commentators. This sort of attention is often tied to… READ MORE
06/09/2011
Who knew one of our books could have anything to do with a song by the band Arcade Fire? And who knew that Arcade Fire would ever be mentioned on… READ MORE
11/15/2010
Paula Deitz's Of Gardens: Selected Essays has caught the attention of Booklist magazine. "When it comes to gardens of lavish beauty, a picture may truly be worth a thousand words…. READ MORE
10/15/2010
Attention for Paula Deitz's Of Gardens: Selected Essays is sprouting, at least in the Times Literary Supplement. Of Gardens is "a collection that repays slow and caref'ul reading as Deitz… READ MORE
07/26/2010
Yesterday’s New York Times Sunday Book Review contains an assessment of Through the History of the Cold War: The Correspondence of George F. Kennan and John Lukacs, edited by Lukacs…. READ MORE
06/30/2010
Three very different Penn Press books were named "essential" in the June 2010 issue of Choice: Current Reviews for Academic Libraries–Marisa Chappell's The War on Welfare: Family, Poverty, and Politics… READ MORE
03/30/2010
"The Devil in the Holy Water is very ambitious," writes Ruth Scurr in the latest issue of the Nation. She goes on to praise Robert Darnton's new book for being… READ MORE
03/12/2010
A meaty review of The Devil in the Holy Water, or, The Art of Slander from Louis XIV to Napoleon appears in the latest London Review of Books. "In political… READ MORE
02/15/2010
This past weekend, both the Scotsman and BBC History Magazine showed some love for Lisa Rosner's The Anatomy Murders: Being the True and Spectacular History of Edinburgh's Notorious Burke and… READ MORE
